Fiddy

Good point, well made, 8 sets in 16 month, ive got a problem mate

J1mbo

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Lol! I had five (four but one set in two colours!) Inc STD in a year no where near ya

Not long Alan, get your shed run in and get up

Fiddy

Really like my new ones, unfortunately, my rear arches dont, spent all day dicking around with it, lost count of how many times I've had the wheels on and off today, and how many times it was on axle stands. Trimmed that much of my rear arches off today, I can't trim any more, and there still catching, and to add insult to injury, after spending two hours polishing it, it pissed down on my way home.

And I had to drive through glenns today, I've had that many sets of wheels on and off the car, I have f*cked the locking nut key, so had to go get glenns spare set lol

J1mbo

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Lol! The thngs we do for cars eh!

I do like the new wheels though be good if you can get them to fit,

Fiddy

Aye I do aswel mate. If I buy some 215/35's they wont catch, it's the 225/40's that are doing it. But one, it's glenns ford meet tomorrow and I havnt got the time or money to buy the tyres before then, and two, the 225/40's fill the arches, and are nice and wide, so i thought f*ck it, I can keep the 225's if I chop the arches, but after chopping, sanding, painting, and laquering them, I found out, no I can't lol.

Was one of them days mate, nowt went rite from the get go, and for not the first time I over the years, I asked myself, 'WTF are you doing dicking around with shonkey old fords ?'

Be rite though, it's glenns meet tomorrow, that will cheer me up and give me some inspiration, that's asking as my arches don't cause my tyres to blow out on the way lol

J1mbo

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Lol! I think the same, what am I doing working on old fords all day, then carrying after work!

Wish I was a bit nearer id have come along to that meet but its a mission!

Twins

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Loving the new engine ,get them wheels black though

J1mbo

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Maybe when I curb em

Fiddy

Aye mate, it's a fair old trek from peterbrough like. Fear not, I'll be taking plenty of pics, they will be on here and Facebook, so take your pick where you want to view them lol

rstdave

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Cool, they sound the tits on 2 bar and judging by how mine went at about 260bhp yours must fly....get it timed

AJC

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Car is cool as! Wish it had been my first car

J1mbo

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I'll keep my eyes open mate

Mines running about 260 ish now at 19psi and it flys when we was mapping with full boost it was up in fith and off the clock in no time,

Id like to run it at pod but fear for my gearbox

Vie had a play with a nms stage 5 (270) and I beat that on 19psi

Took him out in mine as its a mate and he said my engine feels so much better all round so was happy with the nice cmments considering

Cheers andy

massivewangers

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Get an MTX in there Jim, then get it to the pod

J1mbo

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Would love to mate but clutch, mounts, LSD I'd rather have my cossie on the road than do a few passes up pod!

Paul_RS

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Sapphire built yet?

jonny s2

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easier putting an MTX into a mk5 than a 3/4, get it swapped over then beat the life outta it

mind if you have a saff aswell i cant blame ya

J1mbo

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Paul, check build thread I'm cracking on, more this week aswell!

Jonny I know mate its just work! If it breaks big time I will change it, if its just bearings I'll replace and stick with what I have!

Saff is my main concern tbh want it done and off to paint!

massivewangers

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Don't be a homo, LSDs are for girls

J1mbo

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I'm a track lover though

Glenn_

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FPMSL ey you cant beat fiddy for the amount of wheels he has had on his car.


Its looking well jimbo.I like it alot.

J1mbo

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chess Glenn, hopefully next year I'll be driving a similar beast to yours

DazC

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Is it going alright then Jim? Finally got it sorted out and in the car then!! No oil pressure issues like mine when it went on the dyno either?! That was not my best day out in the world ever!

Mine is still not mapped properly although I made some progress recently.

J1mbo

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Yes and yes in there done and flying
Had oil pump probs but with a gen ford item on there shes mint!

Good stuff you need to get it done and enjoy it

mcst

Saw it going through Peakirk the other week, looked spot on!

J1mbo

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my mstes lives there so over that way a bit, you live out there?

mk1trb

very cool jimbo, mk5s dont get enough love imho

DazC

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Mine was a genuine Ford pump and I had to switched to a pattern pump to cure the issues!!

mcst

I'm in Jimmy deeping but i grew up there, my folks still live there.

J1mbo

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Couldn't agree move mk1


mine was a pattern part and shattered after a short while at 6500rpm

Hopping my ford item will be ok, wants to be for the money


Ah right

mechanic28

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looks lovely jim my little spunk bubble

J1mbo

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Lol! cheers pet

COCHYN

That's griiiiiiiiiiiim!!!

Dan j

Any full front pics of the car im interested in the lower cut out for mine

J1mbo

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I don't mate just cut where the number plate goes

COCHYN

Real technical there bud

J1mbo

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That's as technical as it gets, cut it out where the number plate sits lol!
Its easy enough, disk cutter as there is some metal in there

DazC

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I paid £120 for mine to the live on the bench in the garage!

Would have been more if it wasn't for the discount I get through the business.

The pattern part has been bounced off the rev limiter a few times though and the F88 is set to cut power if it detects oil pressure drop below a certain pressure against RPM so I am hoping mine will be fine!

J1mbo

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Mine was 166 with discount too

It's good to have all the functions set up for that

I'm just gonna get a good old mechanical oil press gauge straight in my line of site

DazC

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I get quite a big discound as we spend about 3 or 4 k a month with Ford, fortunately!

I love having the LOS features of this ECU. I'd have an oil pressure gauge but I hate having them hanging off the dash. I prefer a standard looking interior if I can. That way the LOS helps as it'll make me hook up the PC to scan the error memory and I still have a nice clean looking interior.

Good luck with it anyway Jim. Sounds like you're at where I should have been about 18 months ago!!

J1mbo

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Yeah know what you mean about std looks, especially in a s1 don't matter fornme so much!

Lol cheers mate get past the teething problems and I'll be alright, all good fun pushing these 1600s poor things

Have fun!